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no better state were no better individuals better prepared in the united states than the california people and california government. they understand that and they prepare for it. i don't fault the japanese. they were prepared for an earthquake. they were probably prepared for a tsunami as well, but those two together with the nuclear incident? it is unrealistic to expect that anybody could have predicted it, but allocated significant resources for that particular low probability, high consequence events. in closing, i hope that we do embrace some of the lessons learned. as americans and japanese, from this disaster. i urge us to look at it from all hazards approach and not simply focusing on a low probability event -- three particular incidents will together, happening again in the near future. it very well could be a thousand year than him up at these events or other events that we don't predict, they will certainly happen and we need to be prepared for those. they do. [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] >> this is my honor to be here as a speaker today. i am very excited. i can
no better state were no better individuals better prepared in the united states than the california people and california government. they understand that and they prepare for it. i don't fault the japanese. they were prepared for an earthquake. they were probably prepared for a tsunami as well, but those two together with the nuclear incident? it is unrealistic to expect that anybody could have predicted it, but allocated significant resources for that particular low probability, high...
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we are here today, standing together because we love the united states of america and we want what is best for her. united states of america has benefited myself, and i'm sure all of you, from those people who immigrated to this land and found great opportunity. we are here because we know that if we don't stand together, our nation will fall apart. [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] >> doctor george? >> thank you so much. it is a great honor to be here today with distinguished panelists and all of you. i have lost two wonderful friends and mentors to me in the last several years. one that robbie referred to, chuck colson. the other, his friend and loved to many of us here today, the late father richard neuhaus. in one of the last essays richard wrote for the journal he founded, he discussed what he called a new order of religious freedom. appealing to one of the distinctive traits of the american experiment. summarize and famous words that appear on our currency, not in god we trust, but a new order for the ages. at the heart of this new order, lies an instinctive respect fo
we are here today, standing together because we love the united states of america and we want what is best for her. united states of america has benefited myself, and i'm sure all of you, from those people who immigrated to this land and found great opportunity. we are here because we know that if we don't stand together, our nation will fall apart. [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] >> doctor george? >> thank you so much. it is a great honor to be here today with...
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whereas the united states is $44,000. yes, we have a little larger economy, but this is the danger zone. people were saying we could have a financial problem of very few people in 2007 as a result of the bubble in housing. they warned that might happen. oh no, not this time. it's different. we got it under control and we had a financial crisis that we haven't recovered from yet. so i would say, madam president we do need to take action and we do not have a budget. we do not have a budget. if we had a budget, why did president clinton -- obama comply with the united states code and submit a budget over here this year? if we have a budget, why did the house pass a budget? if we had a budget, why did four different democratic congressmen and groups of congressmen submit budgets in the house? so if we had a budget, why did senator conrad seek to have a budget markup in the committee? he basically said well, we may not bring it up on the floor but the law says we have a budget. i'm going to bring one up in committee, and the d
whereas the united states is $44,000. yes, we have a little larger economy, but this is the danger zone. people were saying we could have a financial problem of very few people in 2007 as a result of the bubble in housing. they warned that might happen. oh no, not this time. it's different. we got it under control and we had a financial crisis that we haven't recovered from yet. so i would say, madam president we do need to take action and we do not have a budget. we do not have a budget. if we...
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s here is the united states senateibblin o quibbling over a sentence. a sentence that is a resolution since it was drafted. [talking over each other] >> minority leader?th >> most people work five days a week. this is 1:00 p.m. on a f thursday. 1:00 o what is the problem here? we have a bipartisan agreement i think about the approach we iran ought to take with regard to the iran sanctions issue. aisle a the leaders on my side of the aisle are anxious to be involved and working out the language, a and i would say to my friend, and he said there is a sentence change the ent -- well, a sentence can change someth the meaning ofin something. how it is crafted is nothe irrelevant.ing rather than us standing on the 1:0 floor, pointing fingers at each other, it is only one clock on a the thursday afternoon, let's sit down and work out the differences, passed something we can agree to come and try to make a difference for ouro make country. >> no matter how many times you say it, the language that we are mr.eid: told they are complaining about -- it was in the i
s here is the united states senateibblin o quibbling over a sentence. a sentence that is a resolution since it was drafted. [talking over each other] >> minority leader?th >> most people work five days a week. this is 1:00 p.m. on a f thursday. 1:00 o what is the problem here? we have a bipartisan agreement i think about the approach we iran ought to take with regard to the iran sanctions issue. aisle a the leaders on my side of the aisle are anxious to be involved and working out...
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the united states is not unreasonably. today, the senate is urged to approve job security, and oil exploration. they testified at the senate foreign relations committee. it is just under three hours. >> the meeting will come to order. thank you all for being here with us today. secretary clinton, secretary panetta, and general dempsey, we are privileged to have you here today. we thank you for joining us. it is a rare occasion him i think in any committee, but it is a rare committee occasion when we have simultaneously a panel of witnesses that brings together america's top diplomat, our country's top defense officials, and our nations top military officer. your presence here, altogether, powerfully underscores the importance that you put on this issue. our committee shares the sense of importance, which is why, i hope, without respect to party or ideology, we will begin an opus, honest, and conference of discussion about whether the united states of america should join the law of the sea convention. i want to } the word c
the united states is not unreasonably. today, the senate is urged to approve job security, and oil exploration. they testified at the senate foreign relations committee. it is just under three hours. >> the meeting will come to order. thank you all for being here with us today. secretary clinton, secretary panetta, and general dempsey, we are privileged to have you here today. we thank you for joining us. it is a rare occasion him i think in any committee, but it is a rare committee...
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it's awarded to dod contractors that they'll send different units to places all around the united states. there are several training companies, and we just happen to be based in the texas. we have facilities elsewhere throughout the united states, but we're training these guys not only this sniping, but offroad driving, tactical driving,
it's awarded to dod contractors that they'll send different units to places all around the united states. there are several training companies, and we just happen to be based in the texas. we have facilities elsewhere throughout the united states, but we're training these guys not only this sniping, but offroad driving, tactical driving,
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the consent decree of the united states government only allow them to use their technology for telephone applications which were military operations. it is true that they could have, theoretically, kept this to themselves. even though they have this monopoly status, there was some internal correspondence at the time. they felt it was too big and too significant, which almost enters the previous question, too, that i was so big that they had to share it. that the idea that this essentially public funded laboratory to keep this technology to itself, it would not have been acceptable. >> let's ask you something and then we will talk about innovation and how you proceed there period it is worth noting that they had a few misses, right? described picturephone. >> yes, they had a lot of misses. the transistor team had a lot of misses leading up to the breakthrough. i think anybody who works in the innovative processes knows that failure is a huge part of that. it almost always precedes success. again, there were misses and failures that failed in the marketplace disastrously. the picturephone
the consent decree of the united states government only allow them to use their technology for telephone applications which were military operations. it is true that they could have, theoretically, kept this to themselves. even though they have this monopoly status, there was some internal correspondence at the time. they felt it was too big and too significant, which almost enters the previous question, too, that i was so big that they had to share it. that the idea that this essentially...
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the supreme court of the united states is so far gone on ideology. roberts and alito testified one way about congressional intent, following fact-finding, they disregarded 100 years of precedent and citizens united. one thing that has not been emphasized enough that maybe will be in this campaign, but roe versus wade is in jeopardy. ladies and gentlemen come out there in c-span land. when you have a hundred year precedent that corporations and unions can't make political expenditures, and you have a 1990 case, called austin, where the supreme court upholds limitations, and then congress enacted into law, and then the supreme court upholds it in 2003, and then seven years later, you come along and with a flick of a pen, declare it unconstitutional -- there is no precedent that is saved. if ideologically the court disagrees with it. and that is a real problem. >> okay, folks. it is returned. there is a microphone here. you have to get in line and come up to the microphone. there is someone here. anyone else would like to query the senator can get into
the supreme court of the united states is so far gone on ideology. roberts and alito testified one way about congressional intent, following fact-finding, they disregarded 100 years of precedent and citizens united. one thing that has not been emphasized enough that maybe will be in this campaign, but roe versus wade is in jeopardy. ladies and gentlemen come out there in c-span land. when you have a hundred year precedent that corporations and unions can't make political expenditures, and you...